James Pearson

• James Pearson (painter) (died 1838), English glass painter
• James Larkin Pearson (1879–1981), poet
• James Anthony Pearson (born 1989), British actor
• James Pearson, Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club's house pianist since 2006

• James Pearson (Nebraska politician) (1873–?), Nebraska politician and radio preacher
• James B. Pearson (1920–2009), U.S. Senator from the state of Kansas

• James Pearson (rugby union) (died 1915), Scotland rugby player
• James Pearson (footballer, born 1905) (1905–1962), English footballer
• James Pearson (footballer, born 1993), English footballer
• James Pearson (Northamptonshire cricketer), English cricketer
• James Pearson (cricketer, born 1983), English cricketer
• Jim Pearson (born 1953), Scottish footballer
• Jim Pearson (ice hockey) (born 1950), Canadian ice hockey defenceman
• James Pearson (speedway rider) (born 2005), Australian speedway rider

• James Pearson (business advocate), CEO of the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
• James Pearson (engineer), British railway engineer and locomotive designer
• James Pearson (minister), 17th-century dean of Dunblane Cathedral
• James Pearson (VC) (1822–1900), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross
• James William Pearson (1895–1993), American World War I flying ace who served with the British
• James Douglas Pearson (1911–1997), Orientalist librarian and bibliographer, compiler of Index Islamicus

• James Pearson Wells (1822–1896), Ontario farmer and political figure

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